Netflix’s Orange is the New Black reboots to some very serious territory in Season 4 after a too amusing Season 3. Your friendly content provider has watched all 13 episodes, and the review is here.

Also, Discovery Channel’s watchable American Tarzan endurance contest just happens to be dovetailing with the new feature film. But its production values are strictly grimy and gritty. The review is here.

Lousy national numbers for Sunday night’s climactic Real Housewives of Dallas reunion show continued to work against its chances for a Season 2. But one never knows. We put it all in context on the Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.

After two tours with Dallas-based TEGNA8, bridged by five years in San Diego, trailblazing reporter Mike Castellucci looks as though he’s leaving D-FW for good. Further details are on our Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.

Also, the first-place Texas Rangers continue to make it a very pleasant summer, ratings-wise, for Fox Sports Southwest. Home games do particularly well, as Monday’s D-FW Nielsen ratings “snapshot” shows.Ed Bark

ABC’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals blasted into the ratings stratosphere Sunday night in D-FW. We have all the numbers right here.

Also, CBS takes another spin with the American Gothic title Wednesday night. But instead of a supernatural-powered small town sheriff, it’s a dysfunctional Boston family with apparent ties to an unsolved string of serial murders. Our review is here.Ed Bark

Bravo’s season -- and quite possibly -- series finale of Real Housewives of Dallas lost almost a half-million viewers nationally from Monday night’s lead-in show -- an “uncensored” recap of Real Housewives of Orange County.

Review the ratings carnage here and also get our final ranking of the principals in order of their overall loathsomeness.

The Press Club of Dallas held its sixth annual North Texas Legends event Thursday night, inducing 13 newcomers before a sold-out crowd in the The Sixth Floor Museum. Another big step also was taken, and you can get all of the details and highlights (plus a lowlight as far as WFAA management is concerned) in our voluminous account with pictures on the Dallas-Fort Worth TV page.

(Truth in packaging: your friendly content provider is a first-year Press Club board member who also was on the three-person Legends selection committee. Still, you can ask around. This night was truly special, as anyone there will tell you.)Ed Bark

Vexing publishing problems prompted me to break this news on Twitter Monday night. But at last they seem to be resolved. So here is the complete story on consumer-investigative reporter Deanna Dewberry leaving Fort Worth-based NBC5. Her last day at the station will be on Friday. Go to our Dallas-Fort Worth TV page for the details.Ed Bark

Donald Trump tore into the media Tuesday in ways that were both personal and constant. He also took 45 minutes worth of questions. What to make of all this? Our take is on the Network News & Reviews page.